Diodorus Siculus, books 11-12.37.1 : Greek history 480-431 B.C.-- the alternative version

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Diodorus Siculus, books 11-12.37.1 : Greek history 480-431 B.C.-- the alternative version

translated, with introduction and commentary, by Peter Green

University of Texas Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index

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: hbk ISBN 9780292706040

内容説明

Winner, A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book, 2007 Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. Yet this important historian has been consistently denigrated as a mere copyist who slavishly reproduced the works of earlier historians without understanding what he was writing. By contrast, in this iconoclastic work Peter Green builds a convincing case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. Through a fresh English translation of a key portion of his multi-volume history (the so-called Bibliotheke, or "Library") and a commentary and notes that refute earlier assessments of Diodorus, Green offers a fairer, better balanced estimate of this much-maligned historian. The portion of Diodorus' history translated here covers the period 480-431 BCE, from the Persian invasion of Greece to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. This half-century, known as the Pentekontaetia, was the Golden Age of Periclean Athens, a time of unprecedented achievement in drama, architecture, philosophy, historiography, and the visual arts. Green's accompanying notes and commentary revisit longstanding debates about historical inconsistencies in Diodorus' work and offer thought-provoking new interpretations and conclusions. In his masterful introductory essay, Green demolishes the traditional view of Diodorus and argues for a thorough critical reappraisal of this synthesizing historian, who attempted nothing less than a "universal history" that begins with the gods of mythology and continues down to the eve of Julius Caesar's Gallic campaigns.

目次

* Preface * Abbreviations * Introduction * Diodorus Siculus: Life and Background * The Bibliotheke I: Composition, Antecedents, Influences * The Bibliotheke II: Aims, Achievements, Criticism * The Persian Wars and the Pentekontaetia * Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480-451 B.C.E. * Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1-12.37.1: 450-431 B.C.E. * Appendix A: The Terminal Date of the Bibliotheke * Appendix B: Athenian Losses in the Egyptian Campaign * Maps 1-8 * Chronological Table * Bibliography * Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780292712775

内容説明

2007 - A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus (ca. 100-30 BCE) is our only surviving source for a continuous narrative of Greek history from Xerxes' invasion to the Wars of the Successors following the death of Alexander the Great. Yet this important historian has been consistently denigrated as a mere copyist who slavishly reproduced the works of earlier historians without understanding what he was writing. By contrast, in this iconoclastic work Peter Green builds a convincing case for Diodorus' merits as a historian. Through a fresh English translation of a key portion of his multi-volume history (the so-called Bibliotheke, or "Library") and a commentary and notes that refute earlier assessments of Diodorus, Green offers a fairer, better balanced estimate of this much-maligned historian. The portion of Diodorus' history translated here covers the period 480-431 BCE, from the Persian invasion of Greece to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. This half-century, known as the Pentekontaetia, was the Golden Age of Periclean Athens, a time of unprecedented achievement in drama, architecture, philosophy, historiography, and the visual arts. Green's accompanying notes and commentary revisit longstanding debates about historical inconsistencies in Diodorus' work and offer thought-provoking new interpretations and conclusions. In his masterful introductory essay, Green demolishes the traditional view of Diodorus and argues for a thorough critical reappraisal of this synthesizing historian, who attempted nothing less than a "universal history" that begins with the gods of mythology and continues down to the eve of Julius Caesar's Gallic campaigns.

目次

Preface Abbreviations Introduction Diodorus Siculus: Life and Background The Bibliotheke I: Composition, Antecedents, Influences The Bibliotheke II: Aims, Achievements, Criticism The Persian Wars and the Pentekontaetia Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 11: 480-451 B.C.E. Translation and Commentary, Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheke Book 12.1.1-12.37.1: 450-431 B.C.E. Appendix A: The Terminal Date of the Bibliotheke Appendix B: Athenian Losses in the Egyptian Campaign Maps 1-8 Chronological Table Bibliography Index

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